Highly improved reverse osmosis performance of novel PVA/DGEBA cross-linked membranes by incorporation of Pluronic F-127 and MWCNTs for water desalination

Desalination

Volumn 397, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-66

  Falath, Wail ^a,b   Sabir, Aneela ^a,c   Jacob, Karl I ^a,d  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Chlorine resistance; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Nanotechnology membranes; Reverse osmosis; Water desalination

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHLORINE; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOTUBES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER FILTRATION; YARN;

BIOFOULING-RESISTANCE; BISPHENOL-A-DIGLYCIDYL ETHERS; CHLORINE RESISTANCES; CROSS LINKED MEMBRANES; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); THIN-FILM NANOCOMPOSITES; WATER DESALINATION;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

BIOFOULING; CARBON; CHLORINE; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 84976311688     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.06.019     Document Type: Article

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